Nypa fruticans in a pot

[redant]

I know these are water lovers, would these palms prefer a saucer under the pot to retain extra water so the soil stays extra swampy? I have other palms that thrive on this situation & I killed a couple before I realized this is what they wanted.

[SubTropicRay]

Hi Doug,

My two Nypa are constantly in water.  The same goes for Mauritia and Mauritiella.

Ray

[www.dadluvsu.com]

I've read on Palmtalk that a pot with no holes is the way to go! ???

[Jeff Searle]

Thanks for the heads up guys.You can learn something everyday. I just got a 1gal. plant at the palm sale from Faith Bishock. My only other one is growing along the bank of my pond.

Jeff

[Jerry@TreeZoo]

Not having much experience with Nypa, I would recommend the saucer over the container with no drain holes.  Even in habitat, Nypa is not always submerged, but with low tide is out of the water twice a day.  I think the saucer comes closer to this than being completely submerged.  I have done this (saucer) with red mangrove and Metroxylon to good effect.  When I submerged a Nypa one gallon into a small pond, it declined and finally croaked.

Jerry

[redant]

Thanks for the good info.

Another thought I had but am more hesitant with is I live on a brackish river. I don't know the salt content & it certainly varies with tides & rains but mangroves love it around me. Would using the river water to water these in the pot be a bad idea? I'm thinking to much salt buildup if done more then once in a while.

[Alan_Tampa]

I think they prefer an estuarine habitat, so a tidal canal ( I am guessing that is what you have there) would be OK, I think.  Mine is in a tote filled with freshwater and is submerged in a pot within this tote, out in the sun.  Also, left it like that all last winter and it lived!  (Got in the 30sF here.  A pinch of salt would help to keep fungus under control as well as other nasties as these in general (many exceptions) do not dig a salty drink.

Alan

[Kris]

My suggestion would be once grown to a decent height in a pale of bucket or barrel,this baby needs a lake or pond like the one seen in the following stills_

[Kris]

one more still for a clearer picture !  

[redant]

(krisachar @ Nov. 14 2007,01:14)

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My suggestion would be once grown to a decent height in a pale of bucket or barrel,this baby needs a lake or pond like the one seen in the following stills_

Yes, mine needs to grow up a bit before being put in the swamp. Right now the dog would crush it while stomping on lizards.

[Kom Thai Palm]

Dear redant,

I have tried serveral my own way to grow Nypa. See my pictures below may you decision on your own way easier. No one wrong. As I seen their habitat, I know immediately the water could not kill them. So I first try with holeless pot + clay soil. Even I tried on pure water soilless saucer. Sometime water was dried out but they still alive. So they proved that they are strong palm, don't worry to grow them. I Think growing in pot + saucer is the another best way to treat and fertilize.

Enjoy Growing Palms

[Kom Thai Palm]

another pictures

[Kom Thai Palm]

[Kom Thai Palm]

Habitat (and me)

[Eric in Orlando]

Cool picture, looks very prehistoric, like a T-rex would all of a sudden poke his head through and snatch you!

[Eric in Orlando]

I kept mine in a pot but bought a cat litter box and kept the box filled with water and put the pot in. I changed the water out every couple of days so it didn't get stagnant and this worked just find. Also worked for Maurtia flexuosa, Maurtiella armata, and a rare horsetail.

[Kris]

Dear Komikrit  

Lovely stills & great job ! And I love it !

Love,

Kris  

[redant]

Thanks, your pictures are very informative, I was worried about keeping them to wet. I guess that's not possible.

The last picture is fantastic!

[Carlo Morici]

We grew the nypas at the Palmetum in half-submerged pots and it worked. I also tried one in a fully submerged pot and one in a pot with just the base in the water and saw little difference in growth, they all did fine. A few years later all nypas died when the Palmetum was abandoned and they were left with no water at all.

A tip: the more water you will put in the "saucepan",  the more stable will be the temperatures. So, it is better to submerge various pots in a larger sink than each pot in one small sink.

Carlo

[GrumpyGrower]

Hello,

according to RPS new list there will be many of us who wants to try grow Nypa fruticans in pot. Is there anyone who know how to grow them indoors or at least in pots? 
 

here is my attempt (pot without holes):

 

I preferred mostly anorganic mix (a lot of zeolite, pumice and seramis and a few pinium bark chips)

I keep it warm (it’s right on the heating), minimal temperature is 22C and goes to maximum at 30C. 
 

Will this work for Nypa well? Thank you for any advice

 

[pietropuccio]

Pot with holes, in the summer outdoors in a tank, in winter in a heated greenhouse on a saucer full of water (temperature around 18 ° C).

 

[Tyrone]

I remember a day spent at the beach in southern Thailand and having half a dozen baby sprouted Nypa float by over the space of the day in the surf. I collected them all then sent them back out to sea at the end of the day. These can handle (at least while still unrooted) sea water. Whereas a coconut must grow above the high tide mark, Nypas will grow wherever a coconut grows but below the high tide mark. Further upstream Nypas inhabit the muddy watercourses with varying degrees of salinity, and they get huge. I would imagine that anything less than 20C would slow them way down though.